Improvement in grain-binders



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GRAIN-BINDER. No. 1'7 6,781'. Patented May 2,1876

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UNITED STATES Josnrn FRIEDLAENDEB AND rsrnon- FRANK, 0F VIENNA, Us'rnIA, AND

' OASIMIR JAOHIMOWIGZ, OF JAROSOHENKA, RUSSIA.

- IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-BINDERS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 176,781, datcd'May 2, 1876 ;-application filed j February 1, 1876.

To all whom itv may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH FRIEDLA N- DER and IsIDOR FRANK, of Vienna, Austria, and OASIMIR J AGHIMOWIGZ, of J aroschenka, Russia, have invented an Improvement in Machines for Collecting Grain, Straw, 850., and bindingthe same, of which the following is a specification In this machine there are rake-fingersto pass beneath the grain or straw, an incline up which such grain is conveyed by an endless chain-rake, a receiver into which the grain falls upon a reversible gatherer that is partially revolved to lift the grain and deliver it into a cradle in which the bundle is compressed and bound, and from which it is dropped by the cradle being swung.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a general plan of the machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section; and Fig. 3 is a'section of the actuating-pulley and the connecting mechanism.

The main driving-wheel a and its axle b and land-wheel 0 support the frame a of the machine, and to this frame the horses or other animals are attached by the pole or tongue b,

and there may be a lever and connection from such tongue to the front part of the machine, so as to raise and lower the same. It is, however, generally preferable to employ the guidewheels or rollers c to determine the proximity of the front part of the machine to the ground.

The incline d is provided with fingers at the lower end, which fingers are adapted to underrun the grain or straw, and gather the same upon the incline as themachine is moved forward. The endless chains f, with their rakes g, are upon the wheels h, and the shaft it receives a revolving motion that causes the rakes to convey the grain up the incline and deliver the same into the receiver is upon the reversi ble gatherer Z. The stationary clearer-s1 serve to remove any straws that might adhere to the rake-teeth g. The receiver is is in the form of a box, and the gatherers I lie upon the bottom of the same while the grain is being received.

When the gatherer is reversed and receives nearly a half-revolution, the grain is taken up and delivered into the cradle m. The standing guard-wires l prevent the grain being thrown out, and the gatherers I pass between these wires Z The gatherers Z are upon the shaft 1 and to this the proper turning motion is given at back into the receptacle. Any desired mechanism may be employed for giving-these motions, but those hereafter described are preferable. The cradle m is made as a segment of a cylinder, hung upon trunnions a, and there are slats running longitudinally that are connected by transverse bands n that rest upon the shaft 1 in their normal positions. The compressor 0 is made as a series of fingers projecting from the shaft 0, and after the grain has been delivered into the cradle this co npressor is brought down upon the same to render the bundle compact and to hold the same while the attendant passes a wire around the bundle, or else draws the ends ofa straw-band together and twists them, after which the cramerous mortises, as seen in Fig. 3, and over this wheel are the curved slide-bars 8, upon which the slides 25 are mounted, and each slide thas a pin adapted to entering one of the mortises in the actuating-pulley '1". When any one of these slide-bars is moved toward the wheel r while the machine is in motion, the

pin upon the slide enters one of the holes in r, and the slide is carried bythe wheel along the bar 8 until such bars is raised and the pin liberated by the slide it coming in contact with the stationary incline 20. These bars 8 are moved either by hand or by a treadle. In the drawing these bars 8 are represented as swinging upon'the shafts and guided at their moving ends by the stationary slotted plate a. There are two treadles, o and n represented, and one of the bars, 3, is shown with a handle at '0 From the slides t there are cords or Fries chains passing to the pulleys 1.5, 16, and 17 upon the shafts of the gath erer, the compressor, and the cradle, respectively, so that the-attendant brings these into operation in succession, as required, by depressing the treadles or levers c c '0 so that the parts receive the movements before named.

It will be evident that any desired number of these curved slide-bars, slides, cords, and treadles may be used, according to the operations to be performed, or the compressor may be thrown back by a connection between the pulleys 15 and 16, as shown, and then the gatherer will be returned to its position by the act of bringing down the compressor.

It is important that the revolving chain-rake g be stopped when the gatherer is thrown over to deliver the grain into the cradle, and again started as the gatherer comes back. To accomplish this object the pulley 20 on the shaft of the gatherer is provided with a belt to the clutch-pulley 21, that is upon a screw on the shaft h of the rake g. The power revolves the pulley 22 by the belt to thewheel 23 on the main driver, and the clutch-teeth of 21 remain in contact with the clutch-teeth of 22, and the belt 24 constantly slips upon the pulleys 20 or 21, but when the pulley 20 is suddenly turned in the direction of the belt, but faster, the belt draws the pulley 21 around upon the screw 26,

upon the shaft 72/, and gives the same an endwise movement sufficient to disconnect the cl utch-teeth, and the rollers 21 and rake g stop, but the pulley 22 continues to move. When, now, the gatherer is reversed in its motion, the belt 24: revolves the pulley 21 upon its screw-shaft, and in so doing gives end motion sufficient to slide the coupling upon its feather and bring the teeth into contact with the teeth on the loose pulley 22, and start the motion of the rakes and their chains.

The operation of the machine is as follows: When sufficient straw or grain to form the bundle has been carried into the receiver is by the rakes g, the attendant presses upon the treadle or lever v and as the slide or'traveler t is carried forward by the wheel 1' the pulleys 15, 16, and 20 are partially revolved, the clutchpulleys 21 22 are disconnected, and the rake g stopped, as before described. At the same time the shaft 1 receives a partial rotation, and

the gatherer l. carries the straw over into the cradle m. The attendant next raises the lever or slide-bar s by its handle c and by its traveler t, and the wheel 1", the pulley 16, and shaft 0 are partially revolved to bring the compressors 0 upon the straw in the cradle m and hold it while being bound, thegatherer being simultaneously returned to place. Upon the shaft of the pulley 17 there is a pawl, 34, and also a pulley, 30, which latter is connected by a belt to a pulley, 36, upon the shaft 0. As said shaft 0' is partially revolved this pawl is brought in contact with a ratchet-wheel, 33, upon 0, and holds said shaft until the attendant completes binding the bundle. He then depresses the treadle 0 which causes the partial revolution of the shaft of the pulley 17 in the reverse direction, liberating the pawl 34 from the wheel 33 and allowing the cradle to receive a partial rotation and deliver the said bundle. The eradle m returns to place by gravity, and the levers 0 o may be returned to place by springs or weights after their travelers t have been disconnected from the wheel 1' by the incline u.

The attendant occupies the seat 42 and there may be a second attendant at the seat 11 We claim as our invention 1. The incline d, with fingers e at the lower end, in combination with the endless chain f,

rake-teeth 9, receiver 70, and gatherers 1, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the receptacle k, the gatherer l, the cradle m, and the compressor 0, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The wheel 7', connected with the main driving-wheel of the machine, and provided with recesses, in combination with the curved slide-bars s and slides t, for communicating motion to thebundling mechanisms, substantially as set forth.

4. The pulleys for actuating the gatherer and compressor, in combination with the wheel 1", the curved slide-bars s and slides t, and connecting cords or chains, substantially as set forth.

'5. The combination, with the endless-chain rake g, the receptacle k for the grain, and the gatherer l, of mechanism for arresting the movement of the rake while the gatherer is delivering the grain, substantially as set forth.

Signed by us this 30th day of April, 1875.

JOSEPH FRIEDLAENDER. ISIDOR FRANK. I GASIMIR J AGHIMOWIOZ.

Witnesses:

PHILIP SIDNEY Posr, WILLIAM HIMING. 

